GRAND Magazine - Fall 2023 - 29
climate change
The climate is changing...why aren't we?
A
BY KATRINA S. ROGERS, PH.D.
s temperatures continued to rise this summer, with dire
predictions that the next year will be hotter than the one
that preceded it, communities around the globe have added
climate adaptation and building resilient infrastructure to their list
of priorities. Grim statistics greet us as we read news stories, ranging
from the worldwide crash of the amphibian population to the decline
of pollinators, so necessary for global food production. Recently, the
increased temperatures in the southern Florida Keys have caused coral
reefs to bleach and struggle for survival. In many cases, these corals will
die, eliminating entire ecosystems. The recent deadly wildfires in Maui
and tropical storm in Mexico and Southern California remind us that
the climate crisis, in addition to human decisions, continues to have dire
effects.
These stark reminders reveal that we are now on the runaway climate
train. Even if we stopped emitting all carbon tomorrow (impossible, of
course), the snowball effect will continue for decades.
Interestingly, the climate crisis may be one of the few environmental
issues for which we have the technical knowledge to implement significant
mitigation and minimize deleterious effects. Like the depletion
of the ozone layer, solutions are possible. Over time, we have reduced
and virtually eliminated ozone-depleting chemicals in the atmosphere
after the signing of the 1987 ozone treaty, also known as the Montreal
Protocol. The annual Antarctic ozone hole has been slowly shrinking for
the past two decades. We did, indeed, collectively stop a runaway train.
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If we all do a little, we will benefit
ourselves and our descendants. They
deserve no less from us
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